Shakira Education Foundation

Shakiras humanitarian and advocacy work is focused on universal education and early childhood development particularly the health nutrition and stimulation of children who are not yet in school. The pies descalzos mission statement is the barefoot foundation works to ensure that every colombian child can exercise their right to a quality education. Counterpart barefoot foundation will open its seventh school and community center in colombia next fall.
shakira education foundation

Launched 17 years ago her pies descalzos foundation and its us.

Shakira education foundation. The barefoot foundation is a us. The organization is devoted to ensuring that every child can exercise his or her basic right to a quality education. Non profit non governmental organization created by internationally acclaimed recording artist and humanitarian shakira. Shakira has a three part strategy which includes foundations dedicated to development advocacy in colombia latin america and the world.

Shakira founded the barefoot foundation a us based non profit whose mission is to make education universally available to every child the foundation supports sustainable and innovative education programs while working to educate policy makers about the importance of education. Barefoot foundation pies descalzos foundation is a colombian charity founded by pop artist shakira in 1997 with the aim of helping poor and impoverished children. Shakira our goal with the barefoot foundation and alas is to persuade both the public and private sectors to invest in early childhood development ecd strategies.